Cornufer papuensis
species of Amphibia
The Papua wrinkled ground frog (Cornufer papuensis) is a frog. It lives in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and islands nearby. People have seen it between 0 and 1200 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]
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LC (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Genus: | Cornufer |
| Species: | C. papuensis
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| Cornufer papuensis (Meyer, 1875)
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The adult male frog can be as big as 46 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog can be 64 mm long. The female frog lays eggs on land. The eggs hatch into young frogs. This frog is never a tadpole.[3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Papua Wrinkled Ground Frog: Cornufer papuensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T58474A149654112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58474A149654112.en. S2CID 242639821. 58474. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufur papuensis (Meyer, 1875)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chih Wang (May 13, 2003). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Cornufer papuensis". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
